jpdb beta

selection; choice; choosing; picking; election

2

pursuer

3

supervised; under surveillance

2

treetop; tip of a branch

4

(glaring) covetously; (watching) eagerly (for a chance)

1

to keep a watchful eye on

2

counter for (small) boats

1

to melt into; to dissolve into; to merge into; to blend into (surroundings); to fit in; to adapt to

1

to regard (as); to recognize (as); to see as; to pay attention to; to watch

1

melee

5

sharp; keen; acute

1

shell; husk; hull; pod; chaff

1

another; different; separate; discrete

4

individual; specimen

1

second person

4

to take on; to undertake; to take over; to inherit; to guarantee; to vouch for

7

pus; corruption; rot; evils

4

thought to be; seen as

4

breath; sign (of something new and fresh); breath (of spring, fresh air, etc.); vitality

2

to blow in the opposite direction; to revive

1

candlestick; candlestand

4

grace; refinement; elegance; daintiness

5

sticky; thick (e.g. thickly plastered); ikky; to stick closely

1

long desk; long table

4

wet and glistening; slimy; slippery; to have a sheen; to be slimy

1

belt-shaped

2

raw meat; fresh meat

1

guts; bowels; intestines

14

nail; spike; tack; rivet; brad; (pachinko) pin

1

(a) stop (e.g. in a timber joint, or at the end of a kanji stroke); remaining (e.g. poste-restante); forty-five degree angle

1

serious; earnest; real sword (as opposed to a wooden practice weapon)

3

band (e.g. conduction, valence); belt (e.g. Van-Allen, asteroid, etc.)

2

tuning fork

3

corner; edge; (street) corner; turning; rough edges (of one's character, words, etc.); abrasiveness

2

to nail; to knock; to bang (e.g. one's head); to throw (e.g. a rock); to fling

1

exceptionally close friend

1

to create; to bring forth; to invent; to think up and bring into being; to give birth to; to bear

5

cool; refreshing

1

each place; various places

7

here and there; little by little; sporadically; dots; spots

1

gradually; slowly but steadily

3

reverberation; echo

4

to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)

5

musical note; note symbol; phonetic symbol (incl. the kanji and kana-doubling symbols, vowel-lengthening symbol, etc.); part of a kanji for which the role is primarily to represent the pronunciation (as opposed to the meaning)

2

tag; label; game of tag; tag-team match; working together as a team

3

hairpin; bobby pin

1

twitching

1

many; much; plenty; hardly

3

like this; this sort; this way

4

cross (for crucifixion); the Cross (of Christ)

3